Deborah Tannen’s essay on “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” highlights the different communication styles of men and women. Tannen attempts to get beyond simplistic stereotypes that‚ for example‚ women chatter constantly while men are ‘strong and silent‚’ or‚ conversely‚ that women are shy and quiet and men are more articulate than their female partners. Rather‚ the truth behind these contradictory stereotypes is much more complex. Tannen opens her essay with an anecdote drawn from her own personal experience
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millions of case in the United State every year. The reason for that problems are husband and wife actively addicted to drug‚ alcohol or withholding sex; however‚ the biggest problem of divorce is the women and the men failed in conversation‚ they miss understanding between husband and wife. According to Deborah Tannen‚ ’’Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation’’ that she explained the women and the men are different between biologically and inherently. The men are really good at communicating‚ frequently offering
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Deborah Tannen wrote the article sex‚ lies and conversation man and his wife are present in a small gathering in Virginia. The man is really talkative throughout the event. However‚ when he is complimented for his ability to express himself; he answers that in reality he is quite and his wife is the talkative one. Women tend to complain about their husbands been quiet. This is caused by the way men express themselves compared to women. Women talk in order to stablish a relationship while men are
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Body Language Body language‚ communicating through gestures‚ is often the key to a meaningful conversation. These gestures that we apply in our conversations often help us to get our point across‚ or to show someone something that we just can’t describe in words. Sometimes we communicate this way without even realizing it. Many gestures we perform on a daily basis affect the outcome of a conversation such as a person becoming needlessly insulted‚ divorce‚ and how people perceive someone. Many times
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In “Sex‚ Lies and conversation” Tannen expresses‚ the distinct differences of both men and women in the way they converse with each other. Such as‚ men tend to listen rather than converse and women tend to expect a certain response to everything they say. While both genders seem to have their differences Tanner‚ examines the underlying method of how both gender converse. The first similarity that Tanner explains‚ is that women and men seek trust in a relationship with their friends‚ they just have
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“Sex‚ Sighs‚ and Conversation: Why Men and Women Can’t Communicate” was written by Deborah Tannen. He explained to men and women that several divergent assumptions between them‚ which causes theirs talking‚ thinking and behavior in different ways. Deborah Tanne used examples and comparing to support his viewpoint. In this article‚ Deborah Tannen explained by many examples. There was an example that I was sympathetic because I had same experience before. Deborah Tannen wrote the drama of the different
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Miscommunications Deborah Tannen’s “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” is a brief look at how men and women communicate with one another and the cross-culture differences between their individual styles and needs for conversation. Women often say that men do not listen or do not want to talk. Tannen gives reasons why women tend to believe that men are not listening‚ and shows that just because men have a different approach to communicating does not mean they are not listening to what women are saying
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Sex‚ Lies and Conversation Deborah Tannen The thesis statement in Deborah Tannen essay is “This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations‚ they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wrecking havoc with marriage.” Her essay is based on finding reasons why men and women have such a big problems in communication. In my opinion she succeeded in giving us basic reasons of our differences between men. The first reason
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In the essay‚ “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen‚ the author claims that the men more likely to talking in public place‚ but less at home. The women is more likely to talk to their husband at home‚ but do not talk in the public. We see this when the author explain the reason. She states‚ “In the public setting of a guest lecture‚ men felt challenged to show his intelligence and display his understanding of the lecture. But at home‚ where he has nothing to prove and no one to defend against
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Sex‚ Lies and Conversation “But often when women tell men‚ "You aren’t listening‚" and the men protest‚ "I am‚" the men are right.” This was a quote the heard while at a gathering of men and women speaking about marriage and communication. Deborah Tannen‚ the hostess of the gathering decided to dive further into the study of exactly how men and women communicate‚ and how this communication can affect their lives and their marriages. Tannen’s study enveloped not only the aspect of how men and
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